What 𮅭 means
It is a rare variant form of 築, a character about building.
In Japanese, 築く (きずく) means “to build up.” In Korean hanja (Chinese characters used in Korean), 築 reads 축 (chuk) and can mean “to pile” or “to build.” Traditional character dictionaries describe 築 as a wooden rammer—a tool for pounding soil firm—and connect the tool’s action with the broader sense “build.”
Why was this rare form preserved?
It has a specific source-text trail in Buddhist scriptures.
The SAT Daizōkyō Text Database submitted it for the Taishō Buddhist canon, a collection of Buddhist scriptures.
Who writes 𮅭
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𮅭 show as a box?
Your font or app may lack a glyph for 𮅭. This character sits in Unicode’s supplementary range, which some fonts do not cover; the text can still contain it when its shape is missing.
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How to type or find 𮅭
- Search it as
- 2e16d · u+2e16d · 築 variant · rare 築 form
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𮅭\2E16DCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.